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Current Issues in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation Thursday, November 17, 2011 Hosted by GlaxoSmithKline Philadelphia, PA Sponsored by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Subcommittees of the Products Liability Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation CURRENT ISSUES IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION Thursday, November 17, 2011 Hosted by GlaxoSmithKline th 200 N. 16 Street Philadelphia, PA 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast Welcome Introduction: Program Co-Chairs: Alan R. Vickery, Sedgwick LLP, Dallas, TX Stephanie M. Rippee, Watkins Eager, PLLC, Jackson, MS John A. Camp, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL 9:15 - 10:25 a.m. Increased Government Scrutiny of Drug and Device Companies with Fraud Based Claims Moderator: Krista L. Cosner Drinker Biddle San Francisco, CA Panel: Beth Hallyburton, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA Hon. Frederica Massiah Jackson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Phila- delphia, PA Richard Scheff, Montgomery McCracken, Philadelphia, PA Vicki Girard, Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. Ed Burbach, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Austin, TX Drug and device companies have been targeted by the government with fraud- based claims in recent ye